bacon



(No Model.)

S. B. BACON.

BYEGLASS HOLDER. No. 455,425. Patented July 7,1891. 5

5 A Mvea'dor W be), ,SiwrnwwflB & 611ml EMA/P's. Mk

m: n.- ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC SHERMAN B. BACON, CF VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHAR-LES M. UPSON, OF SAME PLACE.

EYEGLASS-l-IOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 455,425, dated July 7, 1891.

7 Application filed November 4, 1890. Serial No. 370.269. N model.)

To all whom it may concern: therefrom; 3, locking-lever; 4, its retaining Be it known that I, SHERMAN B. BACON, a points or claws; 5, ears projecting upward citizen of the United States, and a resident of from the surface of the base-piece, said ears Waterbury, in the countyof New Haven and having holes situated transversely through 5 State of Connecticut, have invented certain the same for the journals 6,'which journals "new and useful Improvements inI-Iolders, of project laterally from the locking-lever; 7, which the following is a specification. eyeglasshook.

My invention relates to eyeglass-holders, A represents section of the fabric. and particularly to that class adapted to be The base piece or plate 1, together with its IO secured to the outer surface of a garment. retaining-points 2 2, ears 5 5, and eyeglass- My invention consists of a base-piece or hook 7, is preferably constructed from one plate adapted to rest on the outer surface of piece of metal. The locking-lever3, having the garment, such base piece or plate having the journals 6 6, retaining points or claws 44, one or more upward-curved retaining points is also constructed, preferably, of one piece. I 5 or claws projecting from one end thereof. A11 The journals 6 6 of such locking-lever opereyeglass-support projecting from the upper ate in holes provided for the same in the ears surface of the base piece or plate and form- 5 5 of the base-piece 1, said lever swinging ing, preferably, a part of the same, combined freely between such ears. with alocking-lever pivotally supported to the To attach theholder to the surface of the 2o base-piece, and at the end of such base-piece fabric, throw the lever 3 back, as shown in opposite its retainingpoints such locking- Fig. 1, raise the holder at an elevation that lever also provided with retaining points or will enable the points 2 2 to enter the fabric, claws, which claws or points correspond in then bring the base-piece 1 in contact with form to those of the base-piece, such lockand resting upon the fabric, as shown invFig.

25 ing-lever arranged to swing on its pivoted 3, throw the lever 3 forward and down upon support, and its retaining points or claws comthe base-piece, as shown in Fig. 4. This forbined with those of the base-piece to engage ward movement of the lever will carry its onthe fabric, said locking-lever having an opengaging or retaining-points 4 4 well into the ing therein above its pivoted support to emfabric, firmly locking the lever thereto. The

o brace the eyeglass-hook when such lever is action of the points 4 4 entering the fabric closed and retain it in such closed position, will also force the points or claws 2 2 of the all of whichimprovements will be more fully base-piece still farther into the cloth and the described in the following specification, and upward-curved shape of both the locking-leparticularly pointed out in the claim. ver and base-piece will greatly increase their 8 5 Figure 1 represents a view in perspective holding capacity. I

of an eyeglass-holder embodying my inven- The locking-lever 3 has the central opening tion, showing the locking-lever in a raised po- 14 therein, which permits the eyeglass-hook 7 sition. Fig. 2 represents a view in perspecto pass through such opening and project tive of the same, showing the locking-lever above the surface of such lever when locked. 4o closed. Fig. 3 represents a side elevation of In the downward movement of the lockingthe eyeglass-holder mounted upon a section lever the edge 14 therein will engage with of fabric, such view showing the retainingthe outer surface of the hook 7, springing points of the base piece or plate engaging the such hook slightly inward, enough to, enable fabric, while the locking-lever is in a raised such lever to pass, thus locking the lever in 5 5 position and the retaining-points of such lea closed position. Reversing this operation ver in readiness to engage with the fabric. will of course unlock the same. Fig.4representsasideelevation and sectional Supporting the eyeglass-hook 7 from the view-of the eyeglass-holderand fabric, showbase piece or plate 1, as shown, enables the ing such holder securely attached thereto. holder when attached to the garment to remo 50 1 represents the surface-plate or base-piece; sist the strains which such a device is called 2, the retaining points or claws projecting upon to bear, especially when the eyeglasses are suspended from the hook by means of a cord, which cord is liable to be caught in an object and a sudden strain brought to bear on the holder. No amount of strain or pull within the limit of the strength of an ordinary cord used for this purpose will disengage the holder from the garment when the eyeglass hook or support is attached directly to the base piece or plate, as shown, while, on the other hand, should the hook project from or be attached to the locking-lever, any strain or pull, which would be sufficient to unlock the lever would (and a slight pull would do this) also detach the holder from the garment, and in most cases of such accident-a1 removal the holder would become lost.

The opening 14 of thelocking-lever 3, which opening, as before mentioned, embraoeshook 7, will always operate to prevent such locking-lever becoming accidentally raised, as this could not occur while the eyeglass or its cord were engaged with the hook. It will therefore be readily seen from the foregoing that it is of vital importance in constructing the holder that the eyeglass-support should be attached directly to the base piece or plate 1, as shown, and the lever used merely to lock such base piece or plate to the garment.

To remove the holder from the garment, simply reverse the operation of attaching it thereto-via, throw the locking-lever back. This will withdraw its retaining-points from the fabric. Then raise the base-piece sufficient to disengage its retaining-points.

\Vhat, therefore, I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As an article of manufacture, the combination, in an eyeglass-holder, of the base-piece 1, engaging points or claws 2, projecting from such base-piece in the form and manner as shown, to engage with and hold to the fabric, eyeglass-holder 7, projecting from such basepiece, substantially as shown, with the locking-lever 3, having central opening 14 therein to embrace the eyeglass-support of the basepiece, engaging points or claws 43 on one endof such locking-lever to engage with the fabric, such lever pivotally supported to the basepiece, and means, substantially as shown, thereon to support such lever, the pivoted support on such lever so placed with respect to its engaging-points that such points are carried or extended below the surface of the basepiece, such lever arranged to swing on its pivoted support and engage the fabric and the eyeglass-sup port, in the manner substantially as shown.

Signed at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, this 28th day of October, A. D. 1890.

' SHERMAN B. BACON.

Witnesses:

CHAS. M. UPsoN, Gno. P. CURTISS. 

